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Clipping piglets' teeth only for the benefit of the health and welfare of other pigs. The agency page cites no section numbers; the statute itself could not be opened (Riigi Teataja needs a script-enabled browser), so check the current wording.

Grinding or clipping the teeth of suckling piglets without anaesthesia, by a qualified person. Text read on a legal publisher's copy of Act 246/1992 Sb. (last amended 1 April 2025), not the official collection.

Grinding eye teeth without anaesthesia only for piglets under 8 days, if essential to protect the sow or littermates.

Uniform reduction of corner teeth at 7 days or under, by grinding or clipping, after measures against vices and where injury is still evidenced.

Lay person: up to 7 days, uniform reduction of corner teeth, after other measures and with injuries still occurring.

Farmed piglets at 7 days or less, by grinding or clipping, on evidence of injury after other measures.

At 7 days or under; uniform reduction of corner teeth, after other measures, on evidence of injury.

Teeth trimming and tusk trimming may be done by a knowledgeable individual.

Non-routine, under 8 days, grinding or clipping leaving a smooth surface, on evidence of injury and after a vet's opinion.

Clipping or grinding piglets' teeth is prohibited except for veterinary reasons; preventive clipping is no longer allowed.

National Farm Animal Care Council Code of Practice: an industry code, not a statute. NFACC says Code requirements are not explicitly binding in most provinces but can be evidence of distress. Referred to in provincial law: adopted in NL (NLR 36/12; NLR 35/12 s.15 makes a practice a code prohibits a prohibited one), prescribed in SK (Reg 1 s.3-4), named as a defence in NB (Reg 2000-4 s.4(2), Sch A) and BC (B.C. Reg. 34/2019, as generally accepted practice), accepted in NS (Act s.28(b)). The need must be evaluated; only when deemed necessary.

Teeth may be cut only by a veterinarian (or supervised veterinary student) or under an animal ethics committee procedure, except a pig's needle teeth at 4 days of age or under and a boar's tusks. Tusks must be cut with obstetrical wire or a dental saw.

Filing corner teeth uniformly, not older than 7 days, where injuries are found and measures failed.